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Well, the Maunder Minimum did coincide with a sustained run of much colder weather, the jury is still out on whether it was just coincidence.
Of course, there wasn't as much man-made CO2 in the atmosphere then.
Nobody disputes that the climate is changing. The debate is about the proportion of the change that can be blamed on humanity. As ever, I suppose that the real answer is 'a mixture'.
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Here's a serious question for pjclarke.
Dark concrete, brick, tarmac etc absorb the suns energy and radiate it out as heat. Hence why cities are warmer than the surrouding countryside.
What if the small rise in global temperature is not about rising CO2 in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution, but simply massive increase in global population and increase in roads and buildings absorbing more of the suns energy compared to trees and grassland?
Well?Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostWhat if the small rise in global temperature is not about rising CO2 in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution, but simply massive increase in global population and increase in roads and buildings absorbing more of the suns energy compared to trees and grassland?
Well?
KC - it's bad enough with BB and pj blithering on about climate, you're better out of it. Benefits makes for better bait.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostSounds like a Google interview question... "what % of the Earth's surface is built up". I bet the answer is something ridiculously small like 0.001%.
KC - it's bad enough with BB and pj blithering on about climate, you're better out of it. Benefits makes for better bait.Comment
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More blather.
Here is a serious answer.
Its called the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The observed rise, by satellites, ships, buoys and ground stations, is global. Thus about 70% of it occurred over the oceans. No UHI there. In the land masses we have the wildernesses of Siberia, Central Australia, Antarctica, Alaska etc. No UHI there. In fact about 0.5% of global area is urban and some of the fastest-warming areas are in the above mentioned wildernesses. UHI was one of the phenomena studied by the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project and in a paper coauthored by Judith Curry, Blaster's favourite climatologist, they concluded that the UHI effect is negligible and the statistical corrections applied by the compilers of the various global temperature series to cater for it were legitimate and accurate.
http://berkeleyearth.org/pdf/berkeley-earth-uhi.pdfLast edited by pjclarke; 26 January 2012, 20:19.My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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Wombles.
That is the true cause. Since the population of Wombles has declined since the 1970s there has been a signficant increase in CO2 emmissions and global warming.
I say we start a Save The Wombles campaign.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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"KC - it's bad enough with BB and pj blithering on about climate, you're better out of it. Benefits makes for better bait".
No need to be nasty. I just enjoy a reasoned debate with an intelligent man.
Debate is constructive and good...argument is destructive and bad.Comment
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostHere is a serious answer.
Its called the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The observed rise, by satellites, ships, buoys and ground stations, is global. Thus about 70% of it occurred over the oceans. No UHI there. In the land masses we have the wildernesses of Siberia, Central Australia, Antarctica, Alaska etc. No UHI there. In fact about 0.5% of global area is urban. UHI was one of the phenomena studied by the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project and in a paper coauthored by Judith Curry, Blaster's favourite climatologist, they concluded that the UHI effect is negligible and the statistical corrections applied by the compilers of the various global temperature series to cater for it were legitimate and accurate.
http://berkeleyearth.org/pdf/berkeley-earth-uhi.pdfComment
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Originally posted by KimberleyChris View Post"KC - it's bad enough with BB and pj blithering on about climate, you're better out of it. Benefits makes for better bait".
No need to be nasty. I just enjoy a reasoned debate with an intelligent man.
Debate is constructive and good...argument is destructive and bad.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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